How many frames...

Jerrit Tenurb · Post by **Jerrit Tenurb** » Thu Apr 24, 2003 7:05 pm

...does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
No, in most anime, (lets say the average) how many frames would equal one syllable?

The Non-Professional · Post by **The Non-Professional** » Thu Apr 24, 2003 7:25 pm

...what?

EarthCurrent · Post by **EarthCurrent** » Thu Apr 24, 2003 7:26 pm

My tolerance for Jerrit's posts is dropping with every hour...

Lone Wolf · Post by **Lone Wolf** » Thu Apr 24, 2003 7:37 pm

Do you mean how many frames it would take to make a character's mouth look like the character is saying specific words or letters?

*say letters and words silently and slowly to yourself and take note of every new shape your mouth forms...that would be a lot of frames*

Jerrit Tenurb · Post by **Jerrit Tenurb** » Thu Apr 24, 2003 8:18 pm

Yes. That was what I meant. I suppose it would be a lot of frames.

trythil · Post by **trythil** » Thu Apr 24, 2003 9:43 pm

Jerrit Tenurb wrote:Yes. That was what I meant. I suppose it would be a lot of frames.

For each syllable, you can expect anything in the range of 3 to 7 frames: the lower end being closed -> half-open -> open, and the higher end including tweening between those three keyframes.

That's been my experience, having worked with high-budget anime for film or some other special project (e.g. Metropolis, Wings of Honneamise, anything on the Animatrix DVD) and your typical TV series (Evangelion, Kanon).

The Wired Knight · Post by **The Wired Knight** » Thu Apr 24, 2003 11:01 pm

I spent about ten hours making a character speak something in an AMV last week. From that, to open and close his mouth ONCE takes approximately three to five frames (four on average) per animated syllable.